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two fingers up

two fingers up noun: v sign (gesture of contempt).

Noun

two fingers up (plural two fingers up)

  1. V sign (gesture of contempt)
    • Grimsby doesn’t ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it’s a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters.2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)

Forms of two fingers up

pluraltwo fingers up

Questions about two fingers up

What does two fingers up mean?
Two fingers up means v sign (gesture of contempt).
What part of speech is two fingers up?
Two fingers up is a noun.
What is the plural of two fingers up?
The plural of two fingers up is two fingers up.

Words near two fingers up in the dictionary

  1. Two Egg
  2. two envelopes problem
  3. two fat ladies
  4. two fifths
  5. two fingers
  6. two fingers up
  7. two for flinching
  8. two for one
  9. two for the price of one
  10. two for two
  11. Two Gates

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